“I suspect that in less than 20 years, nobody will know who I am, and that’s never been my purpose,”
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Mike Enzi
Michael Bradley Enzi was an American politician who served in the United States Senate from Wyoming as a member of the Republican Party from 1997 to 2021. Prior to his tenure in the United States Senate, he served as mayor of Gillette, Wyoming, in the Wyoming House of Representatives from Campbell County, and the Wyoming Senate from the 24th district. He was the third-longest-serving senator from…
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Born 1 February 1944 · Died 26 July 2021 · Q432431
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2026· 10 entries
“That’s one of the first things I checked on when I got back there (in Washington, D.C.).”
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“What we were intending to do was start a life, and we started our shoe store. “Then we got to build a community. Then I got to do some things at the state level, then the federal level. It all started here and is based on what I learned while I was here (in Gillette).”
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“There’s only an emphasis on taxing. “Taxing might stimulate it, but a prize works better. That’s one of the nice things that’s happening north of town here. There’s a prize for coming up with … better ways to take CO2 out (of emissions).”
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“We couldn’t have survived those early years without it,”
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“One of the tragedies I see is more and more, we’re expecting government to do it.”
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“I think people driving automobiles or wearing clothes or doing any number of things that require electricity are equal culprits.”
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“It won’t disappear, it can’t disappear,”
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“Jan. 3, which is a Sunday, is when Cynthia Lummis will be sworn in to take my place in the U.S. Senate,”
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2021· 3 entries
Died 2021-07-26.
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Enzi broke his neck and multiple ribs in a bicycling accident near his home in Gillette
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Following injuries resulting from a bicycling accident
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2020· 10 entries
Published video “Enzi praises potential benefits of early COVID-19 treatments”.
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Published video “Enzi delivers farewell speech on Senate floor”.
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Published video “Housing Assistance Senate Budget Committee round table”.
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Published video “Enzi delivers uplifting news, honors Dr. John David Arnold on Senate floor”.
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Published video “Senators introduce bill to rename Thermopolis post office after lifelong resident, former postmaster”.
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Published video “Enzi: While Congress Remains Focused on Pandemic, It Must Also Plan to Address Debt”.
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Published video “Enzi questions federal officials about COVID-19 vaccine access in rural areas”.
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Published video “Enzi hopes to shed light on how the federal government can spend money more wisely”.
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Published video “Enzi advocates in favor of finding a way to end government shutdowns”.
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Enzi was among 39 senators and 168 representatives who signed an amicus brief calling for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v
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2019· 2 entries
Enzi announced that he would not seek reelection in 2020, and U
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Career landmark: United States senator (2019–2021).
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2018· 1 entry
Which would suspend the 22% tariff on newsprint from Canada
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2017· 4 entries
He, in his role as chair of the Budget committee, introduced S
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Career landmark: United States senator (2017–2019).
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Enzi was one of the 22 Republican senators who called for Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement
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Enzi supported proposals to reduce the EPA's staff by 3,000
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2015· 3 entries
Which would allow governors to reject emission requirement plans by the EPA
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Enzi was among the 47 Republican members of the U
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Career landmark: United States senator (2015–2017).
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2014· 2 entries
But also rated him as the third-most-likely Republican to work with Democrats
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Required Wyoming to reduce its carbon emissions by 19%
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2013· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2013–2015).
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2012· 1 entry
Due to legislation sponsored by Enzi and Pascrell
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2011· 2 entries
Introduced legislation to change the creation of the United States federal budget from an annual basis to biennial
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Career landmark: United States senator (2011–2013).
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2009· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (2009–2011).
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And Senator Byron Dorgan introduced the Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act with other Democratic and Republican senators to allow Americans to travel to Cuba and supported other legislation to allow Americans to travel to
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2008· 1 entry
And Enzi was given a seat on the Finance committee in 2009
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2007· 2 entries
Opened seats on the Finance committee that Enzi sought, but John Ensign and John E
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Career landmark: United States senator (2007–2009).
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2006· 3 entries
Proposed a two-staged minimum wage increase of $1
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2013, 2015, 2017, and 2020; his lifetime score from the organization was 5%
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As a way to underwrite the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000; Enzi opposed selling public lands in order to fund the reauthorization
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2005· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (2005–2007).
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2004· 2 entries
Enzi voted in favor of the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would prohibit gay marriage
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And Patty Murray as chair of the Budget committee in 2015
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2003· 3 entries
Stated that he still believed that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction despite no weapons of mass destruction being discovered following the invasion of Iraq
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And Senator Max Baucus called for travel restrictions to Cuba to be lifted
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Career landmark: United States senator (2003–2005).
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2002· 1 entry
Enzi announced that he would run for reelection in 2002
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2001· 2 entries
Which would have required law enforcement to destroy the records created by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of people who passed a background check for a gun purchase
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Career landmark: United States senator (2001–2003).
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2000· 4 entries
Enzi asked Senator William Roth, the chair of the Finance committee, to implement geographic equity for Medicare spending in order to give money to rural healthcare
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And 2006, but it failed to receive a two-thirds majority both times
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Which would phase out the estate tax at the federal level over the course of ten years
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Enzi supported legislation by Senator Mike Crapo which would remove total maximum daily load from the Clean Water Act
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1999· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (1999–2001).
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Asking him to implement tariffs to protect lamb production in the United States
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1998· 2 entries
And later asked Bush to lift restrictions on selling American food and medicine to Cuba
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And against raising the minimum wage from $7
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1997· 3 entries
Enzi introduced an amendment to legislation for the United States Department of the Interior's spending that would prohibit approving new Native American casinos without state approval; the Arapaho and Shoshone tribes cr
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Career landmark: United States senator (1997–1999).
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Enzi asked the parliamentarian if he could bring his laptop onto the floor of the U
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1996· 3 entries
And defeated eight other candidates in the primary; one of those candidates was John Barrasso, who would later be appointed to the U
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As senate rules prohibited statewide candidates from serving as chairs of committee
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Enzi stated that he tried to enlist to serve in the Vietnam War, but was ruled medically ineligible and joined the Air National Guard instead
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1995· 1 entry
Career landmark: commissioner (1995–1996).
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1994· 2 entries
The state senate voted 29 to 1, with Enzi as the sole vote against, in favor of placing a moratorium on the sale of state land
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That would allow counties in Wyoming to legalize gambling and was director of Wyomingites for a Better Economy Today and Tomorrow, which opposed the initiative
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1991· 2 entries
After moving with his family to Denver, Colorado, where he started a business
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Career landmark: member of the State Senate of Wyoming (1991–1996).
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1987· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Wyoming House of Representatives (1987–1991).
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1986· 1 entry
Which would make the assault and battery of people above the age of 65 a high misdemeanor
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1979· 1 entry
And Enzi appointed six of the seven positions on the board upon its creation
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1978· 1 entry
Announced on December 3, 1995, that he would not seek reelection in 1996
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1975· 1 entry
Career landmark: mayor (1975–1982).
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1970· 1 entry
Enzi was appointed to serve as vice-chair of the nine-member Public Health Nursing Advisory Committee in Gillette, and elected president of the Wyoming United States Junior Chamber in 1973
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1969· 1 entry
Enzi married Diana Buckley, with whom he had three children, and moved to Gillette, Wyoming, a week later
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1968· 1 entry
Studied at University of Denver, Master of Business Administration (1968).
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1966· 1 entry
Studied at George Washington University, accounting (1966).
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1962· 1 entry
From George Washington University with a degree in accounting in 1966, and from the University of Denver with a Master of Business Administration in retail marketing in 1968
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1961· 1 entry
And junior councilor in the Wyoming DeMolay International organization in 1963
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1952· 1 entry
Where he opened another shoe store in 1958
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1944· 1 entry
Born 1944-02-01.
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1942· 1 entry
And moved to Thermopolis, Wyoming, after Elmer was discharged from the United States Navy
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